Jim Jansen

Dr. Jansen is a Principal Scientist in the social computing group of the Qatar Computing Research Institute, and a professor with the College of Science and Engineering, Hamad bin Khalifa University, and an adjunct professor with the College of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University. He is a graduate of West Point and has a Ph.D. in computer science from Texas A&M University, along with master degrees from Texas A&M (computer science) and Troy State (international relations). Dr. Jim Jansen served in the U.S. Army as an Infantry enlisted soldier and communication commissioned officer.

Persona Images and Persona Pictures Research

In addition to developing persona analytics systems and features to create accurate and precise data-driven personas, the APG Team also conducts persona analytics research. Here some of the APG team’s research articles about data-driven personas and pictures/images. Check ’em out! Salminen, J., Jung, S.G., Kamel, A. M., Santos, J. M., Kwak, H., An, J., and […]

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Data-Driven Personas and Segmentation Research

In addition to developing persona analytics systems and features to create accurate and precise data-driven personas, the APG Team also conducts persona analytics research. Here some of the APG team’s research articles about data-driven personas and segmentation. Check ’em out! Jansen, B. J., Salminen, J. O., & Jung, S. (2020). Making Meaningful User Segments from

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Persona Analytics Research Journal Articles from the APG Team

In addition to developing persona analytics systems and features to create accurate and precise data-driven personas, the APG Team also conducts persona analytics research. Here are three of the APG team’s research journal articles (published late 2020 and early 2021) on persona research. Check ’em out! Salminen, J., Kaate, I., Sayed Kamel, A., Jung, S.G.,

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Data-Driven Anti-Personas and Why You Need Them

Personas for Your Core Segments Organizations often create personas for enhancing customer understanding concerning products and services, including primary and secondary personas (i.e., primary personas are key target segment; secondary personas are customers that are not represented by the primary persona. Secondary personas are still customers but lower down the list). Persona analytics is great

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Persona Demographics Do Matter – Use Them in the Profiles!

One sometimes read calls, for a variety of reasons, to remove demographics from personas. These claims are rarely based on empirically grounded research or analysis. In truth, persona demographics can be essential for the effective use of personas. Persona Demographics are Important One clear example of the importance of persona demographics is Look Alike Analysis.

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Using Data-Driven Personas with Scenarios, Participatory design, Card sorting, Serious games, or Agile development

Data-Driven Personas are algorithmically created from user behavioral and demographic data. These analytic personas are a valuable Human Computer Interaction (HCI) design technique in themselves, especially when incorporated into an interactive persona analytics system.

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